16 JANUARY 1915, Page 2

We will say again what we have said so often

in these columns—that it is nothing less than a scandal that the soldier on duty should be allowed to refuse cover against enteric. No one dreams of allowing him the option of taking the protection of the trench or remaining exposed to the enemy's fire in the open. Why should we let him indulge his laziness, his ignorance, or his "fussiness" and refuse to take cover against the deadly bacilli? Why, again, should we allow the busybodies who try to persuade the soldier not to protect himself against typhoid to go unchecked P If the Government want something to suppress, why not suppresse the anti-inoculation crusade P To do that would be far better business than censoring the recruiting statistics.